Caloric Restriction with Optimum Nutrition in Canada and a punny play on words: chronic means long lasting.

Monday, January 26, 2009

CR on 60 Minutes

Last night a few CR Society members were featured on CBS' top news program 60 Minutes. The episode was brief and focused on Resveratrol being "easier" than CR despite some excellent results. It was billed as CR in a pill.

There were also a lot of the same tired old kooky CR Society executive members there. Not a single non-caucasian person or anyone younger than 50 seemed to be there. CR was highlighted as a constant state of hunger (which my CR is not). And the food choices of the Society members seemed to provoke discussion on being different and "weird". In my mind, the CR Society members focused on here were not at all representative of the people I know on CR nor were their eating habits. There is a wide variety of approaches to CR and that fact largely gets ignored. So does the fact that hunger does not need to be a major component of it.

As such, I'm advocating that people contact 60 Minutes and let them know about their take on the episode. At the very least we can let 60 Minutes know that it is a growing and important social trend that they (and CBS) should pay more attention to.

My Vision for CRON Worldwide

1) The term CRON needs to be reclaimed from diluted variations or repackaging it into another diet. The real benefits of most diets come from Caloric Restriction and that fact belongs to CRON.

2) Low BMI people need to become the new norm for "attractive". This shouldn't be too hard for females, but the ideal male image is far from a low BMI.

3) CRON practitioners achieve their goals, they do not obsess over food in a dangerous manner. The word "balance" is used by undisciplined hedonistic individuals who haven't been able to achieve their goals. On the other hand, CRON practitioners need to advocate against anorexia.

4) CRON practitioners need to become advocates and arm themselves with the tools of social change if they are going to carve a niche for themselves in society. Let's face it, don't we all want to see CRON restaurant choices and food choices at the supermarket?

5) CRON is positive and abundant. It is not about hunger, or restriction. It is the solution to the widespread Calorie Poisoning occurring as an obesity epidemic.